😵💫 ADHD
by Joe · 81 things on Twos
- If you have ADHD, your brain has this ability to make lightning fast connections about external information because your focus is more broad rather than narrow.
- It is incredibly important to find healthy dopamine sources and something that you look forward to and appreciate in your domain daily.
- Suggested diagnostic criteria for ADHD in adults
- Never Enough? Why ADHD Brains Crave Stimulation
- We are overstimulated and we don’t even notice
- Foods to Avoid With ADHD
- 7 indicators that your mind's overloaded and you need a break
- Does your partner have ADHD? Checklist.
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- What people think ADHD is:
- Lazy
- "Squirrel!"
- Can't focus lol
- What ADHD actually is:
- Chronic lack of motivation
- Lots of self-loathing
- Frustration (due to losing things, forgetting things, etc)
- Can't focus on things you enjoy or people you care about
- Idea overload
- An ADHD brain is like a motor and natural dopamine is the jet fuel
- Cold showers increase natural dopamine by 500%
- Aerobics (such as biking and running) do similar
- People with ADHD are “allergic to boredom” so trying new things can help cope. Even if it’s as simple as going for a drive to a place you haven’t been before.
- ADHD symptoms worsen with sleep deprivation, and ~75% of people with ADHD have Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (fall asleep later than most)
- 95% of the things you do are simply to get dopamine.
- You might have been the class clown or annoyed people to get a reaction out of them for the dopamine.
- You might constantly crave refined sugar because that's fast dopamine.
- You might be addicted to exercise because that's also dopamine.
- Dopamine is an essential modulator for you to focus and get motivated. Without it, you can't function. And because of your natural dopamine deficiency, you're constantly seeking and depending on your personality and your interests.
- The earlier a person knows about their disorder and the risks associated with it, the better.
- Do your best to have “low dopamine” mornings.
- Try to not go on your phone bc the dopamine rush will keep you on it all day.
- Same applies for eating a big breakfast, listening to music, and drinking coffee.
- White noise as background to increase focus during work bouts, or 40Hz binaural beats are among the more useful data-supported tools for increasing focus.
- Why do people with ADHD usually develop low self-esteem?
- There's no room for pride in your accomplishments and feeling empowered when you're constantly firefighting the exhaustion caused by your ADHD symptoms.
- Strattera and Elvans: potential medications to try
- Strattera: non-stimulant that takes 2-8 weeks. Have to take it every day for it to be effective.
- Elvans is Vyvanse in europe
- Walgreens typically will allow ADHD prescriptions meds over telehealth
- ADHD people can develop an unhelpful amount of momentum for the tasks they're actively working on.
- Making it extremely hard to transition tasks.
- People's perception of ADHD:
- When in balance: energetic, inspiring, innovative, multitaskers, risk-tolerant, independent, rule challengers
- When out of balance: hyperactive, inattentive, impulsive, disorganized, easily bored, negligent
- Through calculated estimations and big picture connections, you are able to shortcut what other people usually have to think through for a long time, leading you to get to these 'aha' moments that you usually can't explain but just know are right.
- This is why, when you're around people, for example, you can usually tell who's bullshitting and who's being real almost instantly.
- Some call it a sixth sense, others call it ADHD intuition.
- The capsule part of Adderall XR (and all extended release medications) is what makes it extended release
- If you have ADHD, your brain can paradoxically become very calm and high pressure environments.
- Things that would make others nervous or anxious actually provide your brain with the chemicals it needs to become focused and engaged
- Which gives you the ability to collect new information at hyperspeed. So you get really creative and incredibly good at problem solving.
- This is why once a deadline approaches, you can usually work non stop to reach the finish line.
- People with ADHD can not deal with time. So the individual with ADHD is kinda living in the now and wherever the now goes they are being pulled along by the nose wherever it goes.
- I will give an example from our adult clinic: A couple came into our office in Massachusetts once and said "My husband went out to mow the yard he wheeled the lawn mower out of the garage and the tank was empty.
- So he reached for the fuel can it was empty too. So he threw it in the back of his Ford Explorer and headed down to the little Quicky Mart.
- While filling up the gas can his buddy pulls and in his ford explorer and says "You know it's opening day on the trout stream what you say we go fish a little bit" and so the guy hops in his buddies car and they go fly fishing.
- They are out for six hours and then they get thirsty and decide to stop off at a pub for a beer. So now they are at the little local tavern.
- Within an hour the state police had found his car still running an open gas can at the Quicky Mart and he finally wandered home at four o'clock in the afternoon.
- For the now is more compelling than the information you're holding in mind and you will get pulled along by the now.
- ADHD is a terrible name. It's not an attention deficit, it's an attention regulation disorder. There is plenty of attention, it's just not directed towards the things you're "supposed" to attend to, and attention may move around more than it's "supposed" to.
- ADHD also affects emotional regulation, causing intense emotions like shame and depression.
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- What the mind of someone with ADHD looks like generated by artificial intelligence
- Overwhelmed? At your desk, outloud, name the furthest sound you can hear, then closest sound you can hear. Name 5-things on your desk, and tap your fingers. Repeat if necessary.
- Joe Rogan: Gary Brecka
- Hyperfocus happens with interest, competition, novelty, or urgency.
- Internalized capitalism and delayed bedtime
- ADHD is linked with a lifespan that’s nearly 7 years shorter for men, and about 9 years shorter for women.
- The notion that ADHD is a serious lifelong disorder remains under appreciated.
- Hello world 👋 Nice 12 mins TEDx for the ADHDers among us who will likely recognize themselves🙂
- When you achieve something, might not feel accomplished. You just feel a mild sense of relief that it's done.
- People with ADHD can get obsessed with someone or something and disappear from other friends for months at a time.
- One minor commitment tonight means you can't relax all day. The whole day gets held hostage by it.
- People with ADHD have a really, really strong sense of justice and fairness. It's why you react so strongly when people do mean things.
- Waiting for a slow talker to finish their sentence is excruciating, because you already guessed the ending in the first few seconds.
- People with ADHD are highly driven and overachieving, but also chronically overwhelmed and always on the brink of burnout.
- Body doubling works.
- You'll excitedly call people, then ignore their attempts to call you back because the dopamine has left your body.
- You'll go to Google something, then forget what you were about to Google.
- So you check your most recent apps to find what triggered the thought, then get distracted in the apps and forget about Google entirely.